SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Lotto tickets in South Korea hit an all-time high in 2019 on their increased availability amid an economic slowdown, data showed Thursday. Total Lotto sales were tallied at 4.3 trillion won (US$3.6 billion) last year, up 8.8 percent from the prior year, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Korean workers purchase lottery tickets every week, a recent survey revealed. According to an online survey of 1,356 office workers conducted by online job portal Saramin, 84.4 percent said they had purchased lottery tickets. By gender, 88.4 percent of men purchased lottery tickets, 8.3 percentage [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In Korea, many salaried workers laugh bitterly at themselves by saying “winning a lotto is the only way to turn around our lives.” In that sense, common workers have a slim chance of making a big fortune to better their future lives. In the sluggish economy, their wages are [...]